Mercury Retrograde 1950

Mercury is retrograde four times in 1950: from January 8 to January 29 in Aquarius and Capricorn; from May 3 to May 27 in Taurus; from September 4 to September 26 in Libra and Virgo; from December 23 to January 12, 1951 in Capricorn. The next Mercury retrograde after 1950 begins on April 14, 1951 at 8°33' Taurus. Dates are in UTC.

For the retrograde that begins January 8, 1950, the pre-retrograde shadow starts December 23, 1949 and the post-retrograde shadow ends February 18, 1950. For the retrograde that begins May 3, 1950, the pre-retrograde shadow starts April 19, 1950 and the post-retrograde shadow ends June 12, 1950. For the retrograde that begins September 4, 1950, the pre-retrograde shadow starts August 14, 1950 and the post-retrograde shadow ends October 11, 1950. For the retrograde that begins December 23, 1950, the pre-retrograde shadow starts December 6, 1950 and the post-retrograde shadow ends February 1, 1951.

From January 8, 1950, Mercury turns retrograde at 4°07' Aquarius and turns direct at 18°03' Capricorn. From May 3, 1950, Mercury turns retrograde at 27°31' Taurus and turns direct at 18°30' Taurus. From September 4, 1950, Mercury turns retrograde at 2°25' Libra and turns direct at 17°56' Virgo. From December 23, 1950, Mercury turns retrograde at 18°10' Capricorn and turns direct at 1°54' Capricorn.

Mercury spends about 75 days of 1950 retrograde.

Mercury retrograde is traditionally associated with reviewing plans, conversations, contracts, devices, and travel arrangements. Astrologers read it as a time to review rather than launch.

Most astrology sites print a single date without a time zone. An ingress at 10:49 PM in New York is already the next day in London and Sydney, so two correct sources can disagree by a day. Selfgazer gives every time in both US Eastern time and UTC, and the tables switch to your own time zone in the browser.